Valve Implantation On The Beating Heart

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Mon, 04/20/2009 - 17:45

Transcatheter valve implantation is a newly developed technique for the curative treatment of high-grade aortic stenosis.

It is likely to be of benefit especially to elderly, multi-morbid patients for whom the risk of open heart surgery would be too great.

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